D. Christopher Rogers will speak at Yolo Basin Foundation”s Flyway Nights Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday. His talk is titled “Fairy shrimp and other vernal pool invertebrates: How do they get from pool to pool?”

Rogers is a senior invertebrate ecologist and research taxonomist for EcoAnalysts, Inc. in Davis. He is also the manager of their California office. He is a crustacean specialist and is an internationally recognized expert on fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp and clam shrimp, as well as on crayfish, and fresh water prawns and shrimp. He has discovered and described 32 new crustacean species, four new genera, and two new subgenera from around the world.

Rogers” personal reference collections contain more than 10,000 invertebrate specimens, with the most taxonomically complete fairy shrimp collection in the world.

The Yolo Basin Foundation offers Flyway Nights at 7 p.m., the first Thursday of the month from November to April, except for January when it is the second Thursday. he talks are held at the Department of Fish and Game”s Yolo Wildlife Area Headquarters at 45211 Chiles Road.

A $5 donation to support Foundation”s wetland education programs is suggested, and Yolo Basin members are free. Call the Yolo Basin Foundation at 758-1018 for more information, and check www.yolobasin.org for future programs.